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Photos of the day 05/24

A Cal Fire aircraft drops flame retardant on the Topaz Ranch Estates Fire in Wellington, Nev. Evacuations were lifted today as the fire moved north into the canyons. James Glover/Reuters

Phillip Phillips breaks down in tears of joy as he performs after being named the winner during the 11th season finale of 'American Idol' in Los Angeles. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Libby, a lion cub, licks a piece of ice that was placed in her enclosure by staff at Blair Drummond Safari Park, Scotland, to help her stay cool as the temperatures continue to rise. Andrew Milligan/PA/AP

An Egyptian woman at a polling station holds a paper ballot with names of the 13 presidential candidates in Cairo. Egyptians voted on the second day of a landmark presidential election that will produce a successor to longtime authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak. Fredrik Persson/AP

A ruling party African National Congress supporter has her forehead painted with President Jacob Zuma's name outside the court in Johannesburg, South Africa. The president is asking the High Court to issue an order that display of the now-defaced painting of him violates his constitutional right to dignity since it depicts his genitals. The gallery and the artist counter that freedom of expression is at stake. Themba Hadebe/AP

Miners on strike take pictures near barricades of burning tires on the A-6 motorway in El Montico, northern Spain, on the second day of a strike to protest the government's spending cuts in the mining sector. Eloy Alonso/Reuters

Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (c.) stands next to an American cowboy as he visits the Kotlyakovo cattle breeding farm owned by Miratorg agro industrial holding company during his working trip to the Bryansk Region, Russia. Medvedev chatted in English to two Americans dressed in boots, jeans and checkered shirts. Ekaterina Shtukina/RIA Novosti/Pool/Reuters

A Muslim elementary school student holds a defaced poster of US pop singer Lady Gaga during a protest in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, against her concert that is scheduled to be held on June 3. Lady Gaga might have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia because police worry her sexy clothes and dance moves undermine Islamic values and will corrupt the country's youth. AP

Pilot Andre Borschberg walks up to experimental aircraft Solar Impulse before it takes off for its first intercontinental flight to Morocco from the airbase in Payerne, Switzerland. The solar-powered aircraft, a zero-fuel airplane, is making its first intercontinental trip. The Solar Impulse project aims to circumnavigate the world with an aircraft, with a 63.40-meter wingspan, powered only by solar energy. Laurent Gillieron/Keystone/AP

A Lebanese army soldier prepares to go inside the apartment of a Syrian gunman who had engaged in an hours-long shootout with the security forces in Beirut, Lebanon. Security officials say troops stormed the apartment, killing the gunman. Hussein Malla/AP

A US Army soldier of 3/1 AD Task Force Bulldog works on his laptop at Combat Outpost Boston in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

Torch bearer Patrick Sheehy happily carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Gloucester and Hartpury, western England. There are 64 days to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympics. Joe Giddens/LOCOG/AP

Visitors to the Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Center in Malaysia swim in a river with a baby elephant. The conservation center, opened in 1989, is responsible for the relocation of elephants from areas of human encroachment in peninsular Malaysia as well as home to orphaned elephants. Mark Baker/AP

Antonia Quinto, a relative of American Idol finalist Jessica Sanchez, holds up a picture of her and the Philippine national flags as the crowd celebrates Sanchez's runner-up finish during the live feed of the show's finale in Samal town, north of Manila. Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

Members of the rural folk group Buranovskiye Babushki, Grannies from Buranovo, Alevtina Byagisheva (r.) and Natalia Pugachova, smile during an interview in the village of Nardaran, Azerbaijan. The Grannies, clad in the traditional red headscarfs, long dresses and tree-bark shoes of their Russian northern region of Udmurtia, were a hit at this week's Eurovision semi-finals. David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters

Buildings are lit up in pink as part of the Vivid Festival in Sydney, Australia. The festival of light, music and ideas will run until June 11. Daniel Munoz/Reuters

New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow (second from l.) flips a football in the air as he walks with quarterbacks during NFL football practice in Florham Park, N.J. Julio Cortez/AP

Anita Atkinson poses outside her shop, Royal Teas, in Stanhope, England. Atkinson opened the tea room, which is dedicated to the British Monarchy, in time for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and to display some of her huge collection of memorabilia. Scott Heppell/AP

New York Army National Guard member Nicodeme Clovis Esmel listens to a speaker during a Memorial Day ceremony in Latham, N.Y. The Guard honored members who have died while serving on active duty overseas since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Mike Groll/AP

Students approach Andrea Morgan, a restoration ecologist in Ovando, Mont., to pet a Trumpeter Swan before she releases it in the Blackfoot River Valley. Five yearling swans were released into a wetland in an ongoing effort to reintroduce the birds to this valley in western Montana. The Independent Record/AP

Members of Italy's 4x200m freestyle relay celebrate victory in the final at the 2012 European Swimming Championship in Debrecen, Hungary. Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

Louisiana State University's Tyler Hanover slides safely into third on a steal as University of Mississippi's third baseman Andrew Mistonea catches a high throw in the second inning of their NCAA college baseball game during the Southeastern Conference tournament in Hoover, Ala. Dave Martin/AP

Shipyard workers watch as the lower bow section of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford is lowered into position at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. The first-of-its class aircraft carrier will be the nation's 11th in service once it is delivered to the Navy in 2015. Steve Helber/AP

A woman walks her dog along a boardwalk in Pemberton, British Columbia. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press/AP

An Orthodox believer listens to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill's religious service while marking the Day of St. Cyril and Methodius, founders of the Cyrillic alphabet, inside the Cathedral of the Assumption in Cathedral Square in the Kremlin in Moscow. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

Nicole Kidman with other cast members arrive on the red carpet for the screening of the film 'The Paperboy' in competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival in France. Eric Gaillard/Reuters